Mr. Messenger presented the treasurer's report. The month of June reflects a net loss of $661.95.

Mr. Stephen Dann arrived at 3:15 PM.

Mr. Messenger presented the membership report.

MOTION (809-2) Messenger/Ballou, Mr. William Michael is a senior life member. PASSED without dissent.

Mr. Ballou presented the tournament committee report. The Greater Boston Open will be held at the Kennedy Senior Center; the structure of the tournament will be the same as last year's. A Tournament Life Announcment (TLA) will appear in both the September and October issues of Chess Life.

Mr. Dann presented the education report. Mr. Dann will attend the U.S. Open. The education committee's priority is to establish a MACA educational web page. Progress is slow owing to the economy being slow and a lack of volunteers.

President Reilly presented the scholastic committee report. The committee met before the board meeting and decided rules changes for team tournaments (assigning ratings to unrated players for the purpose of computing average team rating for pairing purposes, rules governing switching board order of team members).

MOTION (809-3) Wiegand/Reilly, The advance entry fees for the Holiday Team Challenge and Hurvitz Cup tournaments is at least $60 per team instead of $50. PASSED without dissent (abstaining: Frymer).

Mr. Lafferty presented the LMCF report. There was no activity since the previous meeting to report. Mr. Lafferty will look into replenishing inventory.

Mr. Frymer presented the prison chess report. Chris Chase, Steve Frymer, and Homer Franck are planning to visit MCI Norfolk. It was also noted that Albert French is running the chess club at the Northern Correctional Facility (NCF) in Berlin, NH.